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FINAL, FINAL UPDATE: My car made a horrible squeaking noise over the weekend when I started her and I figured I must have loosened the A/C belt too much. So, when I was underneath the car I re-examined all the belts and the alternator belt was really loose. So I re-tightened both the...

Update: The last few weeks have been hell. The rattling noise is not only annoying but it's very embarrassing just driving around town. After spending 20+ hours in the past month or so trying to find the source of the noise (I was convinced it was the A/C bearing or the idler pulley) I...

Since I'm not getting any help here I'm posting this to help others who may come across this problem: First off, a little more detail--The rattle sounds like a washer is loose or something and is rolling around loose. But the noise is not continuous. What I mean by that is as if a metal piece...

RonJ and/or other experts, I really need your help. So, after placing the washer back on the idler pulley nut I tightened every belt and turned her back on. Damn, same noise was there! It's definitely not a squealing/squeaking noise. It's more of a rattle. Like a loose bearing I have read...

Okay, I re-tightened the alternator and that's not it. I took off the top timing cover, and the noise is definitely coming somewhere from the exhaust manifold, power steering and/or a/c compressor area. It sounded like it was coming from the exhaust manifold so I removed the heat shield and...

Um, is that the one next to the windshield fluid? If so, yes. Also, I didn't drain the P/S fluid, and again no signs of any leak.

...there's a weird noise coming around the P/S pulley and lower right valve cover. I can't really pinpoint it. Heck, it could be the crankshaft pulley itself for all I know since it's directly below. I don't know. But what I do know is my timing is right on. Idles perfectly, pulls hard...

Cool. I just didn't want to get stumped and waste a whole weekend searching for answers if the damn thing doesn't run properly.

Niceee. But how do you decipher which degree it should be at?

Wow! Your whole post reeks ignorance. Go back to school. It'll do you some good. I'm done wasting my breath with you.

Sucker edited his post. No, I'm not offended at all. But I am offended by dumb blanket comments. :lol: Canadians can be a mix of any ethnicity. In fact, I know of more illegal Canadians than I do Mexicans. How are they illegal? They obtain a VISA and still remain here illegally. So...

Just so you know, the reason behind the profiling law in Arizona is because that state has a high volume of illegal immigrants crossing the border hence the law which is understandable. They didn't introduce the law just for the hell of it. Most of the illegals here are Mexicans? Just because...

Thx RonJ. Much appreciated.

Must suck to live in Victorcrap. Nothing but trashes out there. That place is worst than Compton.

1 out of 3? Where the hell are you pulling those numbers? Don't give me statistics. You're not talking to an uneducated person. You're jumping from one extreme to another. Apples and oranges, my friend. The point I'm trying to make is racial profiling/harassment is VERY common among...

Have you seen that documentary of a news crewman who tried to file a complaint? He basically got harassed for trying to complain. Cops watch each other's back. Your complaint, in a small town, will most likely not get published/processed as was the case when this crewman tried. I believe...

Duh! And to the guy who hasn't broken any law yet gets harassed? Again, what's your race? :roll:

Thx! I saw that illustration before...so there's really no need for a timing gun?

Who said it was? Stop assuming but at the same time don't be ignorant about it because it's not happening to you.

Please, I eat whitees for breakfast at work and pound white girls cuz the "big ol' white man" ain't so BIG if you catch my drift. LMAO!